What’s Happening at AVP this Fall?
AVP has a new team It’s an exciting time for AVP as we enter the 2021 Fall semester along with the UVic community. We would like to take this opportunity to introduce ourselves as the…
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Lkwungen and W̱ŚANÉC Territories
AVP has a new team It’s an exciting time for AVP as we enter the 2021 Fall semester along with the UVic community. We would like to take this opportunity to introduce ourselves as the…
Another semester done, congratulations to all of you for whom this is the end of your school year or even the end of your journey at UVic! With warmer temperatures starting to peak in, camas…
Practicing boundaries: Building consent culture What is a boundary? Therapist, organizer and facilitator Prentis Hemphill says “boundaries are the distance at which I can love you and me simultaneously.” Boundaries are a way we set…
2020 presented AVP and communities near and far many challenges. We were able to navigate many of the necessary pivots to continuing our fight against gender-based and sexualized violence and our aim to promote care…
Like many folks who’ve been privileged enough to be able to continue to work throughout the last 9 months, I’ve faced the challenge of having to quickly learn to translate my skills into new socially…
This November, the Anti-Violence Project is excited to be bringing you three FREE workshops facilitated by different community groups dedicated to providing essential services and education to folks on Lekwungen and W̱SÁNEĆ lands (“victoria, bc”)….
We’re so excited to bring you online workshops this fall (more information to be announced soon) but in the meantime we thought we’d share a project we took on earlier this spring! On May 20th…
As some of you may already know, the UVic Student Union Building in which our office is located is now closed in response to COVID-19. In order to continue to support survivors and our wider…
Another semester is almost done, and we congratulate all of you on finishing your semester, whether you got through your classes and/or took time to look after yourself. Whatever you did to make it through…
written by Peers Victoria, posted here with permission Sex workers are part of many communities, and there are people in the sex industry in your communities. Sex workers come from diverse backgrounds and there are…
I first heard about AVP 20 years ago, when a co-worker told me about a study that estimated between 17-25% of women attending UVic would experience sexual assault during their time as a student. This…
AVP has been growing this fall and we’ve added a new workshop, increased our enrollments, and continued reaching out to our communities to provide opportunities …
Our first week of workshops was a success and we look forward to many more workshops and meeting more of the people in our community who are wanting to deepen their understanding and practice of consent, support and so much more…